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Definition of: deluge
(del′yj) v.t. ·uged, ·ug·ing
To flood with water; inundate; submerge.
2. To overwhelm; destroy. [<noun]
—noun
1. A great flood; inundation.
2. Anything that comes like a flood.
—the Deluge The flood in the time of Noah. Gen. vii. [<F déluge <L diluvium <diluere wash away <dis- away + luere wash]
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